ALL ROADS LEAD TO YUMA 



Yuma is located on the Southern Ocean-to-Ocean Highway and 

 the Borderland Highway, both of which highways use the same route 

 from Phoenix to the Coast. Jn addition to this all of the travel on 

 the " Old Trail," or Lincoln Highway, during the Winter months 

 will pass through Yuma on account of the snow and cold on the 

 Northern route. The completion of the new Highway Bridge across 

 the Colorado River at Yuma marks an epoch in the construction of a 

 permanent highway across Southern Arizona and California. This is 

 the first highway bridge across the Colorado River South of the 

 Grand Canyon. It was erected by the Omaha Structural Steel Com- 

 pany, and is a beautiful steel bridge. It is erected at a point where 

 the Colorado River is crowded into a narrow gorge between Fort 

 Yuma Indian Hill in California and Prison Hill in Arizona. One 

 span reaches across the 397 feet of the river between the shore 

 abutments. This bridge was thrown open for travel April 15, 1915. 



Another bridge of equal importance to this highway is being 

 erected across the Gila River fifty miles East of Yuma at Antelope 

 Hill. This bridge is being built jointly by the State of Arizona and 

 Yuma County. It is a concrete structure and will, when finished, 

 be massive and permanent. It will be completed and open to the 

 public some time during the year 1915. 



Yuma County has voted half a million dollars of highway bonds 

 with the proceeds of which to build a permanent system of good 

 roads. A part of this fund will be used to build eighty miles of 

 permanent road across the county on the line of the National Highway 

 and connecting with Maricopa County on the East and California on 

 the West. Out of this fund one hundred miles of permanent highway 

 will be built in the Yuma Valley, a second bridge will be constructed 

 across the Gila River near its mouth, connecting the South and North 

 Gila Valleys, and a line will be built to the Northern part of the 

 county and across the Northern part of the county connecting the 

 towns in that section with one another and the county seat. 



California is carrying the National Highway from the Colorado 

 River to the Coast. A good portion of this road has already been 

 built and work is progressing on the remainder. The end of the 

 year will find the National Highway across Arizona and California, 

 if not entirely completed, at least in fine condition for auto travel. 

 The road is at present in fairly good condition and a goodly number 

 of autos are passing over it every day. All roads will "Lead to 

 Yuma," or at least through Yuma at an early date. 



